Psalms 27:2

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

When evil doers come near to me to eat my flesh, My adversaries and mine enemies to me, They have stumbled and fallen.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 14:4 : 4 Have all working iniquity not known? Those consuming my people have eaten bread, Jehovah they have not called.
  • Job 19:22 : 22 Why do you pursue me as God? And with my flesh are not satisfied?
  • John 18:3-6 : 3 Judas, therefore, having taken the band and officers out of the chief priests and Pharisees, doth come thither with torches and lamps, and weapons; 4 Jesus, therefore, knowing all things that are coming upon him, having gone forth, said to them, `Whom do ye seek?' 5 they answered him, `Jesus the Nazarene;' Jesus saith to them, `I am `he';' -- and Judas who delivered him up was standing with them; -- 6 when, therefore, he said to them -- `I am `he',' they went away backward, and fell to the ground.
  • Ps 9:3 : 3 In mine enemies turning backward, they stumble and perish from Thy face.
  • Job 31:31 : 31 If not -- say ye, O men of my tent, `O that we had of his flesh, we are not satisfied.'
  • Ps 18:4 : 4 Compassed me have cords of death, And streams of the worthless make me afraid.
  • Ps 18:38-42 : 38 I smite them, and they are not able to rise, They fall under my feet, 39 And Thou girdest me `with' strength for battle, Causest my withstanders to bow under me. 40 As to mine enemies -- Thou hast given to me the neck, As to those hating me -- I cut them off. 41 They cry, and there is no saviour, On Jehovah, and He doth not answer them. 42 And I beat them as dust before wind, As mire of the streets I empty them out.
  • Ps 22:16 : 16 And to the dust of death thou appointest me, For surrounded me have dogs, A company of evil doers have compassed me, Piercing my hands and my feet.
  • Ps 53:4 : 4 Have not workers of iniquity known, Those eating my people have eaten bread, God they have not called.
  • Ps 62:3-4 : 3 Till when do ye devise mischief against a man? Ye are destroyed all of you, As a wall inclined, a hedge that is cast down. 4 Only -- from his excellency They have consulted to drive away, They enjoy a lie, with their mouth they bless, And with their heart revile. Selah.
  • Ps 118:12 : 12 They compassed me about as bees, They have been extinguished as a fire of thorns, In the name of Jehovah I surely cut them off.
  • Isa 8:15 : 15 And many among them have stumbled and fallen, And been broken, and snared, and captured.
  • Ps 3:7 : 7 Rise, O Jehovah! save me, my God. Because Thou hast smitten All mine enemies `on' the cheek. The teeth of the wicked Thou hast broken.

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  • 2 Sam 22:38-41
    4 verses
    78%

    38I pursue mine enemies and destroy them, And I turn not till they are consumed.

    39And I consume them, and smite them, And they rise not, and fall under my feet.

    40And Thou girdest me `with' strength for battle, Thou causest my withstanders to bow under me.

    41And mine enemies -- Thou givest to me the neck, Those hating me -- and I cut them off.

  • Ps 18:37-40
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    77%

    37I pursue mine enemies, and overtake them, And turn back not till they are consumed.

    38I smite them, and they are not able to rise, They fall under my feet,

    39And Thou girdest me `with' strength for battle, Causest my withstanders to bow under me.

    40As to mine enemies -- Thou hast given to me the neck, As to those hating me -- I cut them off.

  • Ps 56:2
    77%

    2Mine enemies have swallowed up all the day, For many `are' fighting against me, O most High,

  • Ps 9:3
    77%

    3In mine enemies turning backward, they stumble and perish from Thy face.

  • Ps 27:3
    77%

    3Though a host doth encamp against me, My heart doth not fear, Though war riseth up against me, In this I `am' confident.

  • Ps 27:1
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    1By David. Jehovah `is' my light and my salvation, Whom do I fear? Jehovah `is' the strength of my life, Of whom am I afraid?

  • Ps 71:10
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    10For mine enemies have spoken against me, And those watching my soul have taken counsel together,

  • Job 27:7
    75%

    7As the wicked is my enemy, And my withstander as the perverse.

  • Ps 17:9
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    9From the face of the wicked who spoiled me. Mine enemies in soul go round against me.

  • Ps 118:13
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    13Thou hast sorely thrust me to fall, And Jehovah hath helped me.

  • Ps 13:4
    75%

    4Lest mine enemy say, `I overcame him,' Mine adversaries joy when I am moved.

  • Ps 38:19-20
    2 verses
    75%

    19And mine enemies `are' lively, They have been strong, and those hating me without cause, Have been multiplied.

    20And those paying evil for good accuse me, Because of my pursuing good.

  • Ps 27:12
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    12Give me not to the will of my adversaries, For risen against me have false witnesses, And they breathe out violence to me.

  • Ps 35:15
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    15And -- in my halting they have rejoiced, And have been gathered together, Gathered against me were the smiters, And I have not known, They have rent, and they have not ceased;

  • Ps 25:19
    74%

    19See my enemies, for they have been many, And with violent hatred they have hated me.

  • Ps 3:7
    74%

    7Rise, O Jehovah! save me, my God. Because Thou hast smitten All mine enemies `on' the cheek. The teeth of the wicked Thou hast broken.

  • Ps 71:13
    74%

    13They are ashamed, they are consumed, Who are opposing my soul, They are covered `with' reproach and blushing, Who are seeking my evil,

  • Ps 22:16
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    16And to the dust of death thou appointest me, For surrounded me have dogs, A company of evil doers have compassed me, Piercing my hands and my feet.

  • Ps 41:5
    74%

    5Mine enemies say evil of me: When he dieth -- his name hath perished!

  • Ps 41:9
    74%

    9Even mine ally, in whom I trusted, One eating my bread, made great the heel against me,

  • Ps 7:5
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    5An enemy pursueth my soul, and overtaketh, And treadeth down to the earth my life, And my honour placeth in the dust. Selah.

  • Ps 22:13
    74%

    13They have opened against me their mouth, A lion tearing and roaring.

  • Ps 57:6
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    6A net they have prepared for my steps, Bowed down hath my soul, They have digged before me a pit, They have fallen into its midst. Selah.

  • Jer 18:22
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    22A cry is heard from their houses, For Thou bringest against them suddenly a troop, For they dug a pit to capture me, And snares they have hidden for my feet.

  • Ps 118:7
    73%

    7Jehovah `is' for me among my helpers, And I -- I look on those hating me.

  • Job 16:9-10
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    9His anger hath torn, and he hateth me, He hath gnashed at me with his teeth, My adversary sharpeneth his eyes for me.

    10They have gaped on me with their mouth, In reproach they have smitten my cheeks, Together against me they set themselves.

  • Ps 56:5-6
    2 verses
    73%

    5All the day they wrest my words, Concerning me all their thoughts `are' for evil,

    6They assemble, they hide, they watch my heels, When they have expected my soul.

  • Ps 143:3
    73%

    3For an enemy hath pursued my soul, He hath bruised to the earth my life, He hath caused me to dwell in dark places, As the dead of old.

  • Ps 102:8
    73%

    8All the day mine enemies reproached me, Those mad at me have sworn against me.

  • Ps 17:13
    73%

    13Arise, O Jehovah, go before his face, Cause him to bend. Deliver my soul from the wicked, Thy sword,

  • Jer 20:10-11
    2 verses
    73%

    10For I have heard the evil report of many, Fear `is' round about: `Declare, and we declare it,' All mine allies are watching `for' my halting, `Perhaps he is enticed, and we prevail over him, And we take our vengeance out of him.'

    11And Jehovah `is' with me, as a terrible mighty one, Therefore my persecutors stumble and prevail not, They have been exceedingly ashamed, For they have not acted wisely, Confusion age-during is not forgotten.

  • Job 30:12-14
    3 verses
    73%

    12On the right hand doth a brood arise, My feet they have cast away, And they raise up against me, Their paths of calamity.

    13They have broken down my path, By my calamity they profit, `He hath no helper.'

    14As a wide breach they come, Under the desolation have rolled themselves.

  • Ps 54:3
    73%

    3For strangers have risen up against me And terrible ones have sought my soul, They have not set God before them. Selah.

  • Mic 3:3
    73%

    3And who have eaten the flesh of My people, And their skin from off them have stript, And their bones they have broken, And they have spread `them' out as in a pot, And as flesh in the midst of a caldron.

  • Ps 59:3
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    3For, lo, they laid wait for my soul, Assembled against me are strong ones, Not my transgression nor my sin, O Jehovah.

  • Ps 55:3
    72%

    3Because of the voice of an enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked, For they cause sorrow to move against me, And in anger they hate me.

  • 2 Sam 22:18-19
    2 verses
    72%

    18He delivereth me from my strong enemy, From those hating me, For they were stronger than I.

    19They are before me in a day of my calamity, And Jehovah is my support,